Todorovo horo & Enjovo horo
(Bulgaria)
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Region detail
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Trakia.
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Dance Structure
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Medley of 2 dances (each comprising a single sequence repeated) with Todorovo horo for approx. the first half of the music & Enjovo horo for the rest.
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Formation
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Open circle. V-hold & W-hold.
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Music Structure
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2 counts/bar, 4 bars/phrase.
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Music Speed
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60 counts/min.
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Translation
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'Todorov' is the name 'Theodor'.
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Pronunciation
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"TOR-dor-ror-vor HOR-ror" & "EN-yor-vor HOR-ror".
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Source
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Dimitar ("Mikto") Petrov in the Dobursko in Bulgaria during the 2013 British-Bulgarian Society dance tour.
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Disclaimer:
Mistakes are quite likely in the notes and no guarantees are made as to accuracy. There may be other versions of the same dance or other dances with the same name. Music may differ, particularly in speed, introduction and duration, between performers. The division into parts, bars & counts might not be standard. These notes of the dance are freely distributable (under GPL or CC-by-sa) in so much as the note's author's contribution but the choreography and/or collection were by other people and so their copyright might apply to the dance itself. Better than using notes, go to a dance class where it is taught by Dimitar ("Mikto") Petrov.
A pair of simple dances which were set to the same piece of music. Either could be used for a very easy dance alone or they could be done together in a medley, as Mitko taught, for more interest.
Todorovo horo was traditionally a summer solstice dance done by young women. They would sing verses representing different professions whilst randomly picking from a bowl posies of flowers each had put in as ritual for predicting future husband's jobs. It has essentially identical footwork (but plus some ornamentation in the arms) to the Serbian dance Biserka Bojarka which is very well known in UK Balkan & Circle dance scenes as it is considered one of the easiest dances for beginners to do.
Style: Casual with relaxed medium size walking steps. In Todorov horo the arm swings are done with straight elbows and are only small (approx. 15 deg infront of vertically down). In Enjovo horo the arms move more and have a more abrupt feeling of switching between V-hold & W-hold and the pause gives a more staccatto feeling to the final R across infront step (but it is still just a step not a stamp).
Introduction
Summary:
Woodwind solo.
The music had a drone-like woodwind solo before the beat came in. Start immediately with that beat or a whole number of phrases (4 bars, 8 counts) thereafter.
Todorovo horo (whole sequence)
Summary:
To the R in R, L, Triple Step R. (L in, R back, L side Triple Step L, R close lift) with arms (forwards, return) x 3.
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Start
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Facing acw around the circle. Weight on L foot. V-hold.
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1
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1
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R forwards (travelling acw around the circle & turning 90 deg cw to do so if not already facing that way).
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2
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L forwards.
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2
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1
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R forwards
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&
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L close.
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2
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R forwards.
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3
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1
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Feet
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Turning to face the centre of the circle, L forwards towards the centre of the circle.
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Arms
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Swing forwards.
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2
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Feet
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R in place.
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Arms
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Swing back to vertically down.
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4
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1
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Feet
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L to the side.
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Arms
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Swing forwards.
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&
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Feet
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R close.
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Arms
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Swing back to vertically down.
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2
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Feet
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L to the side.
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Arms
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Swing forwards.
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&
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Feet
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R close partly with a lift (casually to the R foot about 20 cm to the R of the L lower calf which makes going to the R in the following step easier than with a full close).
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Arms
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Swing back to vertically down.
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Enjovo horo (whole sequence)
Summary:
R & L forwards slow to the R. Facing centre, (R side, L across behind) to V-hold & (R side, L start forwards) to W-hold. L forwards, bounce, R in place, L close. Pause x 2, R across infront to V-hold, L in place to W-hold.
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Start
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Facing acw around circle. Weight on L foot. W-hold.
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1
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1
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R forwards.
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2
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L forwards.
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2
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1-1&
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Feet
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1
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Facing the centre of the circle, R to the side.
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L across behind.
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Arms
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Down to V-hold.
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2-2&
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Feet
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2
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Facing the centre of the circle, R to the side.
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L start stepping forwards (to approx. close to R foot without weight transfer but this & the subsequent count are one smooth motion not 2 motions with a distinct join).
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Arms
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Up to W-hold.
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3
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L forwards (a continuation of the motion started at the end of the previous bar).
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Pause, bouncing down-up slightly on the L foot.
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2
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R in place.
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L close appearing to take the weight equally on both feet (but actually best if mainly really taken on the L foot as the R foot will move next).
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4
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Pause.
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2
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Feet
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R across infront.
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Arms
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Down to V-hold.
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Feet
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L in place.
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Arms
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Up to W-hold.
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